Automatic line-catch for trolley-wires.



' No. 707,222. Patented Aug. I9; 1902'.

G. R. FLOYD. AUTOMATIC LINE CATCH FOR TROLLEY WIRES.

(Application filed Dec. 81, 1801.)

(No Model.)

Min'eases. 7 InI ntm".

GEQRG L 1 FLOYD, 01 ememm ig 111 f 1L'A u To MIA i'cil NE- CATCH F0 R 1T R LEY- W es; H. eecmmmn forming part r'nee'e g stem o, 707,222, me g s; 19,1902;

" f Application filed bgpemb'ersi, i901 "seri iiidsmeo. xn h qei.)

i f To c whom it ni y n m: ,I r The -upwardpres ure of the troiiey vyheelof r j Be it known that I, GEORGE E. F'LoYmfa ecar produces a'c'onstantnpwerd bending'of icinnati, in the countyof Hamilton and State of the ear Ayaindin consequencethe wire w. M

5 ofOhio, have invented, newiend useful-Jim is'frequently brokenby the{constanttension' provernents-in Automatic Lines Catches for" of thewire and repeated inolecnlarstres'sesadj '.;Tr01ley- Wires, Of'Whichth'e r newing-am} jacenttotheendsofjthe,eerA;l The severed specification. v r Myinvention has relation to electric'rail 'nextvear. downward to theroadway'belowend I i [0 ways operated by current from an overhead often ca'nsesdeeth of -persons,'horses, &;c., by v I trolley-wire through a. trolley-arm upon the ,contactor byspajrking,contact with'the earth J moving cars; and 't'co'nsists of asafety attach-I frightens personsorhorses'; producing incilnient, which maybe termed 'an autometic Identa'l damage of-a serionsinatnrep r To pre- 65 1 line-catcher, operating-(to hold'iip theiloos'e vent the severed endfrom thus g falling, I at .f' ends of afltrolley-wijre when broken by use, tach small"eers c'c,to the trolley-Wire w. at so as -to prevent 'seid'jlooseends' from dan points beyond the z-zoneiof ldamage andycongling to or near to the ground, thus prevent-f necttheinby awire or rod-d.- "OrdinarilyI ing injury topessers-by npon thestreet Qor' prefer to 11se-.-a wire,j "andfor-{convenience 7b trackway below; ,yIt' ,ise'matterof (':omn 1on fasten the seinetothe:insulating-cape,by,

z o experience and observation thatisuch elccii-flwhichit'is retained in aconvenientposition- I dental breaks tekeplaee'in the greet najority Tout of the weyfandbyi'which,also thesndden v of cases adjacentto the fsupporting-earsY jsidestress broiightjnp'onithe sp an -wire B I 1 V by which the trolley wire"is upheldnpon at is'in a; measure relieved byrnaikillgfthe'sev- 75 I 'j span wireor gellows errnofa;post, so thatin ere'd part ofthe 'wireli'zo, still. carry the load 'most' cases the present devicewiilbe used of tension; I prefe'r torsecurtihewire d to p inost frequentlyat suchflsnppor ting-points or the. cars 'a by shortf eyebolts c", which are al- 1 I natpointswhere a, sIeeVe' -isJemployed tofre- 1 lowed is, littlefllongitndina -l play to accominm r i unite the, severed end of'a'. trolley wi re. c It date the swaying ofthe trolley-wire in ordi-flo I may be used, however, wherever the condinary=use, so thetnoflstrain whatever issnf- .30 tions f use or Of'hhQHWflfBlBl'idBt' itflikely' f'ered by the automatic cetchdeviceieXcept-in v.- that a, break meyfoccnrgfi I case-of breakage ofithe trolley-iwireyw. 1 v

V Tothe'end indicated the'nyention consists. The method of 'operetionisvohvions and is ina snp'plen1enta l \zrirelor; rodspenning the illustratedrinflFig;-, 2.=The wire lw being 85 z y weak point "en'dj connected toism'allsupple broken between the eeris' cjc'is npheldby the ment-al ears attaQhedjto'the' trolley-wire at} wire d, connecting-saidearsnntil proper ro I opposite ends of the supportingwi're or rod. peirscan loe'nriedeliThefapplicationlojf the My inventiodis illustrated in the accoin device. to-the otherpa-rts'of the trolley wireis panying drawings, lin whichea p ractically'the seine. I nFig. 3 isjshown a; '0 Figure 1 is an'eleyation of ny device comcase where a; previous breek is mended by a j 40 plete shown in connection with the ordinary sleeve e. Here are; presented substantially suspending-earused with spzt'n-wiresi Fig.2, the same conditions as in case of the ear A, j a, similar, elevationgshowingthe trolley-Wire 'where by reeson'of'the'rigidityof the; sleeve broken, end its severed endnph'eld byiny e a break is liablejto-occnr at.eitherend'. 1 In 95 device; FigQB is anelevation of the device such case thereheingjno eleinent,by which as'epplied where a. sleeve connectsends of a; the wired may: be independently supported trolley-wire previouslybroken; I If 'ltemploya; stiff wire'orrod. capable o f;su's-' Referring 'now to the drawingsgA 'desig-- mining itself,the dev iceanditsactionbeing natese suspending-earofrcommoniforrn,with the same as already described. 10o

insulating-cap a, hunginpo'n aspen-wire B, 1-01mm andidesire to secure byLetters Pat stretched, for example, between opposite ent of the UnitedStates-f. Y

'posts (not shown) in the usual manner and a 1. In combination witha trolley-wirejan enconstitutlng a supportfor the trolley-wire w. tomatic safetyldevice consisting 0t 2 supplecitizen of theUnited States,re siding at Gin-f v the Wire w, whichis' arrested by the rigidity 5 5 end when such brieak oo'ciirs dangles' from the i holding-ears thereon at opposite sides of and beyond a point of probable breakage, an automatic safety device consisting of a supplemental wire or rod leading from a fixed point and connected to the ears and having a limited longitudinal movementtherein.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE R. FLOYD.

Witnesses:

LLOYD T, BRUNsoN, CHAS. HERBERT J oNEs. 

